Unlike most other languages, JavaScript’s object system is based on prototypes, not classes. Unfortunately, most JavaScript developers don’t understand JavaScript’s object system, or how to put it to best use. Others do understand it, but want it to behave more like class based systems. The result is that JavaScript’s object system has a confusing split personality, which means that JavaScript developers need to know a bit about both prototypes and classes.

https://medium.com/javascript-scene/master-the-javascript-interview-what-s-the-difference-between-class-prototypal-inheritance-e4cd0a7562e9#.pxfvhxm94

redux-saga is a library that aims to make side effects (i.

redux-saga is a library that aims to make side effects (i.e. asynchronous things like data fetching and impure things like accessing the browser cache) in React/Redux applications easier and better.

https://github.com/redux-saga/redux-saga/blob/master/README.md

I’ve been using this editor for the past few weeks.

I’ve been using this editor for the past few weeks. I like it. It’s good. Built on top of Chrome so it’s available on Linux, Windows and Mac.

The only thing I didn’t like was its name but really it has nothing much to do with Microsoft’s more traditional programming tools. This is more like Atom or Sublime Edit and it’s free.

https://webdesign.tutsplus.com/tutorials/visual-studio-code-my-new-favorite-code-editor–cms-28012

JS classes are not terrible. Just don’t use them to do Object Oriented Programming (which is).

JS classes are not terrible. Just don’t use them to do Object Oriented Programming (which is).

https://medium.com/@dan_abramov/how-to-use-classes-and-sleep-at-night-9af8de78ccb4

Gmail users can’t send JavaScript files from February 13

http://www.myrepublica.com/news/13848

Seems to be on a healthy growth curve and is hugely popular in China and Japan.

Seems to be on a healthy growth curve and is hugely popular in China and Japan. I keep thinking that VueJS is the natural destination for all those Angular 1.0 refugees.

https://www.quora.com/How-popular-is-VueJS-in-the-industry

A really good deep dive into the bits and pieces that go into putting together a moderately complex web app using…

A really good deep dive into the bits and pieces that go into putting together a moderately complex web app using React/Redux. This technology ecosystem is really shaking up the way things are being done on the web.

https://medium.com/bumpers/isnt-our-code-just-the-best-f028a78f33a9#.nfkvjil0l